Kenneth Rexroth Quote

When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's news. If they aren't, that's news too.


"The Students Take Over," The Nation (1960); later printed as "Beginnings of a New Revolt", Assays (1961)


When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's...

When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's...

When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's...

When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's...